Riverside School football players’ trip to Super Bowl LVI an ‘indescribable’ moment – Orange County Register

The Los Angeles Rams Aren’t the Only Winners at Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood on Sunday.

“I got goosebumps when I attended the Super Bowl and knew I was one of the representatives of the deaf community, knowing that I was proving that the deaf people of the world are capable of great things. , Trevin Adams, 17 years old, student at California School for the Deaf, Riverside, logged a video the Monday after the game. “Well, the feeling during that moment was indescribable.”

Adams, along with three co-captains of the school’s football team, was invited to witness the coin toss ahead of Sunday’s game between the Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. Invitation followed by a historic season of the Cubswhen the school football team played the championship game CIF Southern Section for for the first time in its 68-year history.

And if the Cubs drop in price, lost 74-22 in the Division 2 final to the Baptists of the San Fernando ValleyThe team’s story reached fans across the country, leading to invites SoFi . Stadium as a guest on the Los Angeles Chargers in November, appearing on Kelly Clarkson’s TV shows (including get $25,000 to upgrade the school’s stadium) and finally an invitation for Adams and co-captains Christian Jimenez, Jory Valencia and Enos Zornoza to watch the coin toss before Sunday’s game.

“Well, look at all the fans in the stands!” Valencia said in a video of the event on Sunday.

“This is not real!” Jimenez agrees.

All but two graduating seniors are expected to play for the Cubs again next year. Adams said Monday that the team has unfinished business.

“I have been playing football since I was seven years old,” he said. “My dream has yet to be achieved, which is to be completely undefeated with the final championship title.”

This year, the Cubs almost made it up, finishing the season 12-1 after losing to Faith Baptist.

Still, Adams is aware of what it means for him and his teammates to be at the Super Bowl.

“Our deaf community is very small,” he said. “To be able to show that has been really inspiring.”

According to a 2006 study published by the National Institutes of HealthThere are about 1 million deaf people living in the United States.

“That match is something I will always remember for the rest of my life,” Adams concluded. “I’m a 49ers fan, but since I’m from Southern California, it’s good for the Rams to have won this year.”